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Review sentiment over time
Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.
How this score was computed
The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.
| Component | Positive | Quality (0-100) | Weight (pseudo-reviews) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Press reviews (OpenCritic) | – | 50 | 3 |
| All-time Steam reviews | 48% | 50 | 304 |
| Metacritic user ratings | – | – | 0 |
| Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted) | 54% | 56 | 2 |
| Calibration prior (typical game) | – | 72 | 50 |
Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 5 reviews sampled · 4 total reviews in window · weighted 1.3 up / 1.1 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →
Press & Creators reviews (11)
Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.
- 50
“Inner Chains is a four-hour interactive journey into the world of fantasy of Tomasz Strzałkowski, devoid of motivation, balanced gameplay and an interesting story.”
read full review ↗ - 40
“Inner Chains is visually stunning, but stunningly boring.”
read full review ↗ - 40
“This game really had a lot of potential and at first I thought it would be the older brother of the anticipated Scorn, but Inner Chains is an example of how to kill great potential. The price of 20€ is really considerably inadequate, especially since the game can be played at ease and 100% in about two hours.”
read full review ↗ - 30
“Inner Chains’ excellent art style is its only redeeming feature, as Telepaths Tree’s debut first person shooter suffers from awful gameplay, poor storytelling and widespread performance issues.”
read full review ↗ - 40
“Inner Chains is a beautiful game with a promising setting, but it ultimately underdelivers in too many key places to stand out.”
read full review ↗ - 50
“Inner Chains tried to introduce something new, but it did not end up like the authors envisioned. And that's definitely a shame, because the game had a plenty of potential.”
read full review ↗ - 35
- 46
“Inner Chains has the most impressive dark and surreal environmental art design, but the rest of the game feels incomplete. Inner Chains is a long shot with potential. I highly recommend you to sit tight and wait for fixes, patches and updates which will make the game enjoyable and most importantly playable, hopefully. In its current stage, it won't be able to meet the expectations created by trailers and screenshots which we've all seen before the launch.”
read full review ↗ - 78
“The art and setting of Inner Chains in incredibly beautiful and detailed, I often would stop and just look around everywhere there was an overlook because everything was so breathtaking. There’s so much detail in every part of the game it’s impressive. Unfortunately, all this detail might be a reason I had some issues with the performance of the game. My computer isn’t top of the line anymore, it’s a few years old at this point, but it also isn’t a toaster and there were a lot of areas where the background would be flickering. In addition to this, I had significant drops in FPS while playing where things would suddenly grind to a bit of a halt.”
read full review ↗ - 35
“Inner Chains has gorgeous visuals and its artistic style is wonderful, but its poor gameplay makes it an almost unplayable game.”
read full review ↗ - 59
“Welcome to Inner Chains, a slow and slightly cutthroat excursion into the depths of suffering and horror.”
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- The key bindings are live!Jul 20, 2017
- Say hello to Patch 2.1Jun 28, 2017significant · resets scoring window
- Say hello to Patch 2.1Jun 28, 2017
- The second patch is here!Jun 21, 2017significant · resets scoring window
- The second patch is here!Jun 21, 2017
- Update on... an updateJun 18, 2017
- Update on... an updateJun 18, 2017
- The first patch is here!May 23, 2017significant · resets scoring window
- The first patch is here!May 23, 2017significant · resets scoring window